Peachtree Hoops (Kris Willis) —Mike Scott scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds to help the Delaware 87ers to a 106-105 win over the Westchester Knicks Thursday night. Scott played 26 minutes off the bench in the second of what is expected to be a two-game D-League assignment. He connected on 5 of 12 field goal attempts including 3 of 6 shooting from three-point range. The Hawks assigned Scott to the D-League to...

A Royal Pain (Tyler Watts) —The Sacramento Kings return home to face the New York Knicks on December 9, 2016. This article examines everything Sacramento fans need to know about tonight’s game. The Sacramento Kings and the Golden 1 Center play host to the New York Knicks for tonight’s contest. These two teams just did battle on Sunday inside Madison […] Sacramento Kings: Game 22 Preview versus New York Knicks ...

A Royal Pain (Tyler Watts) —The Sacramento Kings play host to the New York Knicks on December 9, 2016. This article predicts the Kings’ box score for that game. The Sacramento Kings finally return home to the Golden 1 Center to do battle against the New York Knicks. The Knicks defeated the Kings on December 4th in Madison Square Garden […] Prediction: Sacramento Kings’ Box Score Game 22 vs New York Knicks...

SBN: Fear The Sword (Daniel Rowell) —Men Lie. Women Lie. Homecomings DNT The Cleveland Cavaliers ended a three game road trip and have moved on from the end of the Honeymoon and onto the bottle flip challenge. Like most well meaning of Uncles the Cavs seem to be about a month behind on the memes but the have restored a 1.5 game lead atop the Eastern Conference after a 32 point blow out of the Knicks in Madison Square Garden. ...

NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Dan Feldman) —Phil Jackson bothered Carmelo Anthony with his use of the word “posse” last month. How is the Knicks president agitating the Knicks’ biggest star this month? Publicly criticizing Anthony’s playing style. Jackson on CBS Sports Network’s We Need To Talk, via James Herbert of CBSSports.com: “He can play that role that Michael Jordan and Kobe […]

SBN (Tony Xypteras) —The “he said, she said” game is officially ON. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last several days, you’ve probably heard by now that DeMarcus Cousins and Matt Barnes ran into a bit of trouble in New York City on December 5 th following their loss to the Knicks. TMZ’s original report - Sacramento Kings star Matt Barnes is wanted by NYPD for questioning after he...

Cavs: The Blog (Carson Zagger) —No, that was not a re-run of CSI: New York airing on ESPN last night. Although, what the Cleveland Cavaliers did to the New York Knicks might have resembled a crime scene. The Cavs strolled into Madison Square Garden yesterday evening and flexed their championship-calibur muscles for a national audience against a talented, playoff-bound Knicks squad. Both teams compared their collective...

Los Angeles Times (Chuck Schilken) —LeBron James may be the guy known for delivering Cleveland its first NBA championship earlier this year, but Kyrie Irving will go down in history as the Cavaliers player who nailed the water-bottle challenge. And judging by Irving's reaction after accomplishing the feat, that's a pretty big deal....

Los Angeles Times: Round-the-Clock Purple and Gold (Chuck Schilken) — LeBron James may be the guy known for delivering Cleveland its first NBA championship earlier this year, but Kyrie Irving will go down in history as the Cavaliers player who nailed the water-bottle challenge. And judging by Irving's reaction after accomplishing the feat, that's a pretty big deal....

NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Dan Feldman) —Plenty went right for the Cavaliers in their 126-94 win over the Knicks last night, but there were a few snags. LeBron James and his teammates repeatedly failed the water-bottle challenge in the closing moments (though Kyrie Irving eventually nailed it). Kevin Love‘s nose malfunctioned. And Iman Shumpert injured his hand while missing an open dunk. […]

NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Dan Feldman) —The Cavaliers were trying the water-bottle challenge on the bench late in their 126-94 win over the Knicks last night, but the national telecast showed Cleveland players only failing to flip a water bottle and have it land upright on the floor – including an erratic attempt from LeBron James that bounced onto the court. […]

SBN: Fear The Sword (Chris Manning) —Today’s show looks at the Cavs’ beatdown of the Knicks. Welcome to Locked on Cavaliers, the official Cleveland Cavaliers podcast of the Locked on Podcast network. On today’s episode, host Chris Manning ( @cwmwrites ) is joined by Fear the Sword staff writer Michael Drapcho (@M_Drapcho21) to recap last night’s Cavs-Knicks game and break down Kevin Love’s insane pass to LeBron James. For...

Basketball Insiders (Basketball Insiders) —The MRI of Derrick Rose’s back revealed no structural damage. He is day-to-day, according to the Knicks. He will travel with them to GSW. Source: Ian Begley of ESPN on Twitter

Basketball Insiders (Basketball Insiders) —Carmelo Anthony was visibly annoyed when asked about Phil Jackson’s assertion that he has a tendency to hold on to the ball too long. “I don’t want to answer those questions,” Anthony said after the Knicks’ 126-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Anthony, who is normally affable with the media, maintained a […]

Cleveland.com (Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com) —The Cavs star has refused to back down after comments from the Knicks president that he found inappropriate, as Bud Shaw and Doug Lesmerises discussed in Prepare for List Off.